Dress-form.



O. A. UFPORD.

DRESS FORM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1907 921 1 84;, Patented May 11, 1909.

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DRESS FORM.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.1, 1907.

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Application med fipeeifloation of Letters Patent.

November '1. 1m. Serial No. comm.

Patented my 11, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 CHARLES A. UFFORD, a citizen of the Unite States, anda resident of Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an 1m rovement in Dress-Forms, of which hefol owing description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is aspecification, like charactors on the drawin representing like parts.

This invention re ates to adjustable dress forms and has for its objectto rovide a dress form of this character whic can be easily and uicklyadjusted to different sizes.

()ne em odiment of my invention will first be described, and then thenovel features tlliereof will be pointed out in the appended 0 arms.

In the drawin s, Figure 1 is a side view of;

a dress form em od 11 my invention; Fig. 2 shows the front he to thewaist form looking from the inside of the form; Fig. 3 is a similar viewshoa'ing the inside of t 0 back half of the waist form looking from theinside of the form; Fig. Aisasection on the lan view oft 1e waist form;-Fig. 6 is'an enarged section through the skirt section on the line c--c,Fig. 1; F' 7 is a detail showing the manner of securing the skirtsection tothe u'aist, said fi ure being taken on the 8 with the screwshown in a side view of the device 7; Fi 9 is a detail 'of the ecentering frame 75;

line b-b, Fig. plan; Fig. 8 is shown in Fig.

means for adyusting t Fig 10 is a section on the line d-d, Fig. 2; Fig.41 is a pore ective view of a box or case within which t 1e form may bepacked for storage or shipping; Fig. 12 is a view showing hon the box orcase ma be used as a stand to su port the form; *ig. 13 is a verticalcentre section of the form having a supporting rod therein which isespecially ada ted to be used with the box or case.

1 e complete dress form comprises a waist' form and a skirt section. Thewaist form is divided vertically from sideto side through the shouldersto constitute front and rear halves, and is also divided vertically fromfront to rear at either side of'the center to subdivide each half of thewaist form into side sections and center sections. The waist form isalso divided transversely across the waist, and the front half of theform is further divided horizontally above the waist division line. Withthis manner of dividing the waist form, the latter comprises the six 3;Fig. 5 is a bottom der sections shghtly waist sections 3, 4, 5, 6,shoulder sections 9 and der sections 11 and 12; tion 13 and the rearneck section 14. In addition, the second horizontal division across thefront forms with the waist line division the three bust sections 15, 16and 17. These 10; the rear shoulthe front neck sectogether to permit theform to be expan or contracted and to permit the waist there- 'of to belengthened.

Each neck section has rigidlyll secured thereto two slotted members 18 w'ch overhe the ad'aeent shoulder-sections near their tops, an eachshoulder section carries a clamping -bolt 19 which extends through theslot in the member 18 and by which the slotted member can be adjustablyclamped to the shoulder section. Each neck section also has pivotedthereto at its lower end, at 22, two other slotted members 20 whichoverlie the lower portions of the shoulder sections and are adjustablysecured thereto by clamping bolts 21.

The slotted members 20 are pivoted to the neck sections at 22while theslotted mem bers 18 are rigidly secured to the neck sections. Thisconstruction is adopted because in expanding the form to broaden theshoulders, it is necessary to turn the shoulabout the pivotal points 22in order to maintain the proper proportions of the form.

The central waist section 7 of the, back half of the form has pivotedthereto at 2 two slotted members 23 which overlie the upper rtions ofthe said waist sections 6 and 3 an are clamped thereto by suitableclamping bolts 24 carried by said waist sections The neck section 14 ofthe rear half also has secured thereto a slotted member 25 which extendsdownwardly andoverlies the up er portion of the central waist section 7an is secured thereto by a clamping bolt 26 carried by said centralwaist section.

The front neck section 13 has rigidl secured thereto a slotted member 27whic extends down over the center bust section 16, and the center waistsection 4 of the front half has rigidly secured thereto a slotted member28 which extends up over the cenl er bust section 16 and overlies thei0" :er or tion of the neck section 13, said center ust section 16 havina loop or guide 90 throng which the manner 28 passes. This gui e notonly guides the member 28, but also '7 and 8; the front a all adjustablysecured serves to hold the lower end of the center form accuratel bustsection 16 in proper position. 7

A clamping bolt 29 carried by the center bust section Hi extends throughthe two slotted members 27 and 38 and acts as a means for holding theneck section 13 in its vertically adjusted position relative to thewaist section 4, and also as a means for hhldin the central bust section15 in its vertirzfi lv adjustable position.

Each side waist section of the front half has rigidly secured thereto aslotted member 30 which extends upwardly to overlie the correspondingside bust section, and the central bust section 16 has pivoted theretoat its lower end twoslotted members 3i uhich extend outwardly andoverlie the side bust sections 15,-17. Each side bust section carries aclamping screw 32 which passes through the corresponding slotted membersi 30 and 31 and serves as a means for adjustably holding each side bustsection in its desired vertical and lateral position. Each side bustsection also has secured thereto at its top a slotted member 91 whichextends upwardly and overlies the adjacent shoulder section and isadjustahly secured thereto by i the clamping screw 21.

For adjustabl' securing together the meeting sections unr or each arm orat the side of the form, I secure to each side waist section at the rearof the form two slotted members 35 and 36, the members 35 extendingupwardly to overlie the lower portion of the rear shoulder section andthe member 86 extending forwardly to overlie the upper corner of theside waist section of the front half andI also secure to each frontshoul der section two slotted members 37 and 38, the member 37 extendingrearwardly to overlie the rear shoulder section, the member 38 extendingdownwardly t0 overlie the bust section and the side waist section of thefronthalf; and in addition I secure to the bust section a slotted member39 which overlies the Said \xaist section of the front half The rearshoulder section has rigidly secured thereto an adplsting screw 40 whichextends:

through the s ots in the slotted members 35 and 37, and the front waistsection on the side has rigidly scoured thereto an adjusting screw 41which extends through the three slotted members 38, 39 and 36. Theslotted member 36 is preferably Ipivoted to the side to the humanfigure. To secure this on the division line'separating them from theshoulder and neck sections drops at the side of the form, so thatalthough the bust sections extend around to "the side division they arecomparatively narrow at this point, as at 50. This gives the bustsections the fullness at the points de' sired, and at the same timeatiort s an easy manner of adjusting them either vertically orlaterally. At tliUlJUttOHl of the waist portion of the form, each waistsection has rlgid therewith a sector-shaped bottom piece the bottompieces for the sections of the front half being designated 51, 52 and53, and those for the rear half 54, 55 and 56. For adjustably connectingthese bottom ieces together, 1 provide the T-shaped mom or 57 having thetwo" opposed slotted arms 58 which overlie the bottom pieces 52, 55, andthe other two opposed slotted arms 59. The bottom pieces 54 and 56 eachhave connected therewith a slottl (1 member 60 which overlies thecorresponding slotted arm 59, and

the bottom pieces 53 and 51 also each have connected therenith a slottedmember 610 v. hich also overlies the arm 59. Said slotted members 60 and610 are clam ed to the arms 59 by clamping bolts 61. he bottom pieces 52and 55 are secured to the arms 58 my clamping bolts 63. The skirtportion of the form is also divided vertically into sections, therepreferably being as many such sec- ;ions as there are in the waistportion of the orm.

In the present embodiment each skirt section hasthe two side pieces 64which are suitably connected b wire work. The skirt sections areadjustably connected together by means of slotted members 65, each ofwhich is secured to a side piece 64 of one section and overlies the sidepiece 64 of an other section and is secured thereto b clamping screws66. The skirt portion is made detachable from the waist section byextending the side pieces 64 upwardly and providing each with a slot 67through which extends a clam )ing screw of the construction shown inFigd; 7" and 8. This clamping screw has the elongated head 69 and thescrew-threaded shank 70 on which is screwy threaded the clamping nut 71.The elon gated head 69 is preferably prdvided with serrations 72 on itsunder face which enga c the side pieces 64 and firmly hold the shutsection to the waist section. To detach the skirt ortion, the clampingnut 71 is loosened and t e clamping screw turned to bring the head 69 inline with the slot 67 when the side )icccs may be withdrawn from thebolt. he skirt portion is provided with the usual centering, frame 75 towhich the skirt Sections are secured. and which'serves to hold the skirtsections in their proper position.

For connecting the skirt sections to the and which sustains the form. '1is support may he in the form of a rod, in which case the upper endthereof will telescope into a tubular member 81 which is secured to anddepends from the neck sections, all as shown In my co-pendingapplication Se. N0. 361,102, filed March 7, 1907, or said support may bein the form of a tube, as shown in Fig. 13, in

which case it will telescope over a rod 810 that is secured to anddepends from the neck sections. The member is clamped to the rod 810 ortubular member 81 by a clamping screw 82.

In lengthening the waist of the figure the clamping screw 82 isloosened, and the shouldersections of the form are then adjustedvertically or separated from the waist sections, and when the desiredadjustment has been made, the clamping screw 82 is tightened thusholding the form in its adjusted position.

The member 81, or the member 810, fits the support 80 loosely, thuspermittin the neck of the form to be'thrown forwardly or backwardly. Ifthe form is to be ad'usted to correspond to the figure of a flat-c estedround shouldered person, the rear shoulder sections will be elevated andthe front shouldcr sections depressed slightly, thus throwing the neckforward, the loose connection between the support 80 and the tubularmember 81, or rod 810, ermitting this to be done. My invention a socomprises a new arm which can be easily bent into an desired osition andretained therein. T e arm I ave herein shown comprises two sections, oneof which is provided with a ball, and the other of which as a socketfitting said'ball. The ball is slotted and has received within the slota tension member which is pivoted to the ball and which extends throughthe otheror socket section, and the end of which is exposed at theend ofthe socket section. The arm is best seen in Fig. 3 wherein the upperportion 100 constitutes the socket section, and the lower or fore-armportion 101, constitutes the ball section. Thesesections of the arm maybe made of any suitable material, such, for instance, as pa ier mach,

and the ball section 101 is forme at its ends i with the ball l02 which'is adapted to be received in a socket formed in'the socket section 100.This ball section is slotted, as shown at 103, 3, and the end of atension membe,r 104 is entered into said slot, said end being providedwith a 100 105 which is swiveled on a pin 106 carried y the ball. "Thetension member 104 extends throu h the socket section 100 of the arm andthe end of said tension member is exposed at the end of the socketsection. The said socket section is herein shown as rovided with thebridge iece 107 against which rests a spring 108, am. this 8 ring isconfined v 5 between the bridge piece am the nut 109 on the exposed endof the rod or tension memher 104.

The arm is designed to be detachably secured to the form by any suitablemeans, 3 such as books 110, and when the arm is thus attached, the nut109 is exposed, so that it can be readil manipulated. After the twosections of t e arm have been bent to the proper position, they may beheld in this 35 position merely by tightening the nut 109 and thusdrawing the ball into the socket with suflicient friction to holdthe twoparts of the arm in their adjusted osition. It often happens that inusing a f drm it is de- 9 sirable to adjust the angular relation of thetwo sections of the arm after the sleeve of a garment has been a pliedto the arm or after the arm has been ra ed. With my invention, this canbe readily done without disturbing the draping because the nut 109 isexposed at the end of the arm. I have alsoprovided a simple expedientfor lengthening or shortening the arm. This is accomplished by the useof a spacing member 11] which may be inserted between the ball sec tionand the socket section if it is desirable to lengthen the arm. Thisspacing section is provided with a concaved face 112 adapted to fit theball and is also rovided with aconvex face 1 1.3 which fits tlie socketof a socket section, and said spacing member has an aperture throughwhich the tension rod-104 extends.

case which has been especially designed so that the form can be packed,and said case can be used for transporting the form from one place toanother. The carrying case illustrated is also designed so that it canbe 115 used as a sup iprt or base for the form and if desired it can eused as a skirt section of the ,form. As shown in Fig. 1], this carr 'incase comprises the two arts 120, 121, w in l are hinged together amwhich are shaped so that the waist form, and if desired, the skirtsection of the form also, can be packed therein. The two parts of theform are hinged together and when closed may be locked by any suitablecatch or locking device 122, and the case is also provided with a handle123 by which it may be conveniently carried. 1 For adapting the carryingcase to support the form, I have in the present em odimen't shown thetop of the carrying case as pro- In Figs-11 and 12 I have shown acarrying 110 vided with an aperture 125 through which the supporting rodof the form may be inserted.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the supporting member of theform extends through the waist part thereof and is shown in the form ofa tube, and this has associated therewith an extension rod 126, theupper end of which telescopes into the lower end of the tube 80, asshown in Fig. 13, anl the lower end of which is adapted to be so intothe aicrture 125. The to 130 of the case has t re collar 127 secure(thereto and de ending therefrom, which collar carries a c amping screw128 by means of which the extension rod 126 may )e held in its adjustedposition. This rod 126 has fast thereto a collar 129 on which the lowerend of the tube 80 rests. With this construction the waist form can besupported on a carrying case in such relation thereto that the carryingcase may, if desired, be used as the skirt section of the form, as shownin full lines Fig. 12. If it is desired to elevate the waist part of theform, the set screw 128 may be loosened and the extension rod'adjustedvertical] in the collar 127, as shown by dotted lines Fig. 12, or thetube, 80 may be adjusted vertically on the extension rod 126 and lockedin its adjusted position by a set screw 13]. This extension member canbe readily withdrawn from the form, as shown in Fig. 11, thus permittingthe form to be packed in the carrying case.

, My improved dress form is especially adapted to be used as a centeringform in the manufacture of a non-adjustable form of an desired shape.When it is to be used in this way I provide filling sections which areof the same shape as the'sections of the waist form, and which areadapted to be placed over said sections. These filling sections arearranged to be detachably secured to the waist sections, and when inplace they merely add to the thickness of said waist sections.

In using,' my improved form as a pattern on which to build anon-adjustable form I lace the filling-sections on the sections or thewaist form and then place on the form a waist fitted to the person whoseform is to be duplicated, and after the waist has been placed on theform the sections of the form are adjusted to fill the waist and -areclamped in position. When the waist is removed the form thus adjusted isa duplicate in size of said person. The filling sections are thenremoved from the form and said form is used as a center on which papiermach is built up to the thickness of the filling sections, and when saidpapier mach has dried this papier mach cover ma be slit down one sidesuiticiently to enab e the adjustable centering form to be removed, andafter it has been removed the one piece papier macho form thus mode canbe laced together at the side where it was slit, thus makim anon-adjustable form which exactly durilicates in size said person.

In Figs. 4 and. 10 I have shown the filling sections attached to thesections of the form, each filling section being designated 200. Eachfilling; section is co-extensive with the form section to which it is aplied, and is detachably secured to the orm section by means of asuitable belt 201. These filling sections do not interfere in any waywith the adjusting of the form, because the filling sections are allindependent from each other and each is independently secured to itsparticular form section.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is i 1. A dress form divided vertically acrossthe shoulders from side to ide to constitute front and rear halves, thei i ar half being divided horizontally in one place to constituteshoulder and waist portions, and the front half being divided intwoplaces to constitute a shoulder portion, bust portion and waistportion, two slotted members secured to the front shoulder portion oneach side, one of said members overlying thie rear shoulder portion, andthe other ovelyin the waist and bust .portions, a slotted inern ersecured to the bust portion and overlying the front waist portion, twoslotted members secured to the rear waist ortion, one overlying therearshoulder portion and the other the front waist portion, and clampingscrews secured to the front waist portion and rear shoulder portion andclamping said members together.

2. A dress form divided vertically from side to side through theshoulders and from front to rear each side of the center, and, dividedhm'izontallyacross the bust, thereb A to divide the form into front andrear shou der sections and front and rear neck sections, a slottedmember pivoted to the lower corner of one neck section and overlying theadjacent shoulder section, another slotted member rigid] secured to theform below the horizonta line and overlying said shoulder section, and aclamping bolt carried by the shoulder section and securing said slottedmembers together.

3. A. dress form divided vertically through the shoulders to constitutefront and rear halves, said front half being divided horizontally in twoso arate places to constitute a waist portion, s ioulder portion andbust portion, the lower division line being substantially straight andthe centr l portion of the upper division line being substantiallystraight and parallel with the lower division line, said upper divisionline curving downwardly and converging at its ends toward the lowerdivision line, whereby the bust portion is narrower at the sides of theform than at the central portion thereof.

4. in a dress i'oi'in comprising a bod portion, the combination with. ascctionai arm, one section having, a ball-shaped slotted end, the othersection having a socket to lit the ball, a tension member extendinglongitudinally ol' the socket section and entering the slot in the ballsection, said tension member being exposed at the end of the socketsection, means to pivot said tension member to the ball section, aspring at the exposed end of the tension member, and a nut screwthreededthereon. and. having engagement with the spring.

5. in a dress form, the combination with a body portion, of a skirtportion havin slotted suspension members and a headed c sniping screwextendingthrough the slot of each suspension member and into the bodyportion, the heads of the screws engagingthe suspension members andbeing serrated.

6. A dress form divided horizontally across the front in two differentplanes to constitute a Waist portion, a bust portion and a shoulderportion and divided vertically from front to roar either side of thecenter, a slotted member rigidly secured to the center waist section andoverlying the center bust section, it

guiding loop at the lower end of the center bdst section through whichsaid slotted member passes, and a clamping screw carried by said centerbust section. and engaging said slotted member.

7. A dress form divided to form a plurality of sections and means toadjust said sections relative to each other to expand or contract theform, combined with rigid filling sections having the same contour asthe sections of the dress form and shaped to fit the exterior of saiddress form sections, and Iheans to detachably secure each fillingsection to the corresponding dress form section.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. UFFORD.

Witnesses MARGARET A. Dunn, BERTHA F. HnUsER.

